Notification of a Closed Meeting of the Science Advisory Board 2021 Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards Panel, 7447-7448 [2022-02706]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 27 / Wednesday, February 9, 2022 / Notices lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Compressor Station; (4) construction of five new meter stations; (5) piping modifications at four compressor stations; and (6) construction/ modifications of various appurtenances, all located in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The Order required Trunkline to complete construction of the Pipeline Modifications Project and make it available for service within four years of the date of the Order; the Order further required Lake Charles LNG and Lake Charles LNG Export to complete construction of the Liquefaction Project and make it available for service within five years of the date of the Order.2 On December 5, 2019, the Applicants were granted their request for an extension for both projects, until December 16, 2025, to complete construction and place the Project into service.3 The Applicants state that global market conditions have impacted its ability to reach a final investment decision and secure long-term offtake contracts, thus they now request an additional three years, until December 16, 2028, to complete construction of the Project and place it into service. This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on the Applicants’ request for an extension of time may do so. No reply comments or answers will be considered. If you wish to obtain legal status by becoming a party to the proceedings for this request, you should, on or before the comment date stated below, file a motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10). As a matter of practice, the Commission itself generally acts on requests for extensions of time to complete construction for Natural Gas Act facilities when such requests are contested before order issuance. For those extension requests that are contested,4 the Commission will aim to issue an order acting on the request within 45 days.5 The Commission will address all arguments relating to whether the applicant has demonstrated 2 Order, 153 FERC ¶ 61,300 at Ordering Paragraphs (B)(1) and (L), respectively. 3 Letter Order to Trunkline Gas Company, LLC; Lake Charles LNG Company, LLC; and Lake Charles LNG Export Company, LLC; Docket Nos. CP14– 119–000, CP14–120–000, and CP14–122–000 (issued December 5, 2019) (Letter Order). 4 Contested proceedings are those where an intervenor disputes any material issue of the filing. 18 CFR 385.2201(c)(1) (2019). 5 Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ¶ 61,144, at P 40 (2020). VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:29 Feb 08, 2022 Jkt 256001 there is good cause to grant the extension.6 The Commission will not consider arguments that re-litigate the issuance of the certificate order, including whether the Commission properly found the project to be in the public convenience and necessity and whether the Commission’s environmental analysis for the certificate complied with the National Environmental Policy Act.7 At the time a pipeline requests an extension of time, orders on certificates of public convenience and necessity are final and the Commission will not re-litigate their issuance.8 The OEP Director, or his or her designee, will act on all of those extension requests that are uncontested. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the internet through the Commission’s Home Page (https:// www.ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. At this time, the Commission has suspended access to Commission’s Public Reference Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 502–8659. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ‘‘eFile’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically may mail similar pleadings to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Hand delivered submissions in docketed proceedings should be delivered to Health and Human Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 18, 2022. Dated: February 3, 2022. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2022–02701 Filed 2–8–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 6 Id. at P 40. the Commission will not re-litigate the issuance of an NGA section 3 authorization, including whether a proposed project is not inconsistent with the public interest and whether the Commission’s environmental analysis for the permit order complied with NEPA. 8 Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ¶ 61,144, at P 40 (2020). 7 Similarly, PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 7447 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL –9415–01–OA] Notification of a Closed Meeting of the Science Advisory Board 2021 Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards Panel Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a two-day meeting of the Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Panel. The purpose of the meeting is to review the 2021 STAA nominations and to make recommendations for awards. The meeting is closed to the public. DATES: The meeting of the SAB STAA Panel will be held on Monday, March 14, 2022, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) and Tuesday, March 15, 2022 from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). The meeting will be conducted virtually. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to obtain further information concerning this notice may contact Dr. Holly Stallworth, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), via telephone (202) 564–2073, or via email at stallworth.holly@epa.gov. General information about the SAB as well as any updates concerning the meetings announced in this notice can be found on the SAB website at https:// sab.epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: The SAB was established pursuant to the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act (ERDDAA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, to provide independent scientific and technical advice to the EPA Administrator on the scientific and technical basis for agency positions and regulations. The SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. The SAB will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies. Pursuant to FACA and EPA policy, notice is hereby given that the Science Advisory Board Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Panel, will hold a closed meeting to review the 2021 STAA nominations and to make recommendations for awards and recommendations for improvement of the Agency’s STAA program. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\09FEN1.SGM 09FEN1 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 7448 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 27 / Wednesday, February 9, 2022 / Notices The STAA awards are established to honor and recognize EPA employees who have made outstanding contributions in the advancement of science and technology through their research and development activities, as exhibited in publication of their results in peer reviewed journals. In conducting its review, the SAB considers each nomination in relation to the following four award levels: • Level I awards are for those who have accomplished an exceptionally high-quality research or technological effort. The awards recognize the creation or general revision of a scientific or technological principle or procedure, or a highly significant improvement in the value of a device, activity, program, or service to the public. Awarded research is of national significance or has high impact on a broad area of science/technology. The research has far reaching consequences and is recognizable as a major scientific/ technological achievement within its discipline or field of study. • Level II awards are for those who have accomplished a notably excellent research or technological effort that has qualities and values similar to, but to a lesser degree, than those described under Level I. Awarded research has timely consequences and contributes as an important scientific/technological achievement within its discipline or field of study. • Level III awards are for those who have accomplished an unusually notable research or technological effort. The awards are for a substantial revision or modification of a scientific/ technological principle or procedure, or an important improvement to the value of a device, activity, program, or service to the public. Awarded research relates to a mission or organizational component of the EPA, or significantly affects a relevant area of science/ technology. • Honorable Mention awards acknowledge research efforts that are noteworthy but do not warrant a Level I, II or III award. Honorable Mention applies to research that: (1) May not quite reach the level described for a Level III award; (2) show a promising area of research that the STAA Panel wants to encourage; or (3) show an area of research that the STAA Panel feels is too preliminary to warrant an award recommendation at this time. The SAB reviews the STAA nomination packages according to the following five evaluation factors: • The extent to which the work reported in the nominated publication(s) resulted in either new or significantly revised knowledge. The VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:29 Feb 08, 2022 Jkt 256001 accomplishment is expected to represent an important advancement of scientific knowledge or technology relevant to environmental issues and EPA’s mission. • The extent to which environmental protection has been strengthened or improved, whether of local, national, or international importance. • The degree to which the research is a product of the originality, creativeness, initiative, and problemsolving ability of the researchers, as well as the level of effort required to produce the results. • The extent of the beneficial impact of the research and the degree to which the research has been favorably recognized from outside EPA. • The nature and extent of peer review, including stature and quality of the peer-reviewed journal or the publisher of a book for a review chapter published therein. I have determined that the meetings of the STAA Panel and Chartered SAB will be closed to the public because they are concerned with selecting employees deserving of awards. In making these recommendations, the Agency requires full and frank advice from the SAB. This advice will involve professional judgments on the relative merits of various employees and their respective work. Such personnel matters involve the discussion of information that is of a personal nature and the disclosure of which would be a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy and, therefore, are protected from disclosure by section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, and sections (c)(2) and (c)(6) of the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6). Minutes of the meetings of the STAA Panel and the Chartered SAB will be kept and certified by the chair of those meetings. Michael S. Regan, Administrator. [FR Doc. 2022–02706 Filed 2–8–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OAR–2021–0112; FRL–9557–01– OMS] Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Printing, Coating and Dyeing of Fabrics and Other Textiles (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Printing, Coating and Dyeing of Fabrics and Other Textiles (EPA ICR Number 2071.10, OMB Control Number 2060–0522), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through March 31, 2022. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on April 13, 2021 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. An agency may neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 11, 2022. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA– HQ–OAR–2021–0112, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method) or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. SUMMARY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and Program Division (D243–05), Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 541– 0833; email address: ali.muntasir@ epa.gov. 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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 27 (Wednesday, February 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7447-7448]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02706]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Notification of a Closed Meeting of the Science Advisory Board 
2021 Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards Panel

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory 
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a two-day meeting of the Scientific 
and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Panel. The purpose of the 
meeting is to review the 2021 STAA nominations and to make 
recommendations for awards. The meeting is closed to the public.

DATES: The meeting of the SAB STAA Panel will be held on Monday, March 
14, 2022, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) and Tuesday, 
March 15, 2022 from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). The meeting 
will be conducted virtually.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to 
obtain further information concerning this notice may contact Dr. Holly 
Stallworth, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), via telephone (202) 564-
2073, or via email at [email protected]. General information 
about the SAB as well as any updates concerning the meetings announced 
in this notice can be found on the SAB website at https://sab.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Background: The SAB was established pursuant to the Environmental 
Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act (ERDDAA), 
codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, to provide independent scientific and 
technical advice to the EPA Administrator on the scientific and 
technical basis for agency positions and regulations. The SAB is a 
Federal Advisory Committee chartered under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. The SAB will comply with the 
provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural 
policies. Pursuant to FACA and EPA policy, notice is hereby given that 
the Science Advisory Board Scientific and Technological Achievement 
Awards (STAA) Panel, will hold a closed meeting to review the 2021 STAA 
nominations and to make recommendations for awards and recommendations 
for improvement of the Agency's STAA program.

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    The STAA awards are established to honor and recognize EPA 
employees who have made outstanding contributions in the advancement of 
science and technology through their research and development 
activities, as exhibited in publication of their results in peer 
reviewed journals. In conducting its review, the SAB considers each 
nomination in relation to the following four award levels:
     Level I awards are for those who have accomplished an 
exceptionally high-quality research or technological effort. The awards 
recognize the creation or general revision of a scientific or 
technological principle or procedure, or a highly significant 
improvement in the value of a device, activity, program, or service to 
the public. Awarded research is of national significance or has high 
impact on a broad area of science/technology. The research has far 
reaching consequences and is recognizable as a major scientific/
technological achievement within its discipline or field of study.
     Level II awards are for those who have accomplished a 
notably excellent research or technological effort that has qualities 
and values similar to, but to a lesser degree, than those described 
under Level I. Awarded research has timely consequences and contributes 
as an important scientific/technological achievement within its 
discipline or field of study.
     Level III awards are for those who have accomplished an 
unusually notable research or technological effort. The awards are for 
a substantial revision or modification of a scientific/technological 
principle or procedure, or an important improvement to the value of a 
device, activity, program, or service to the public. Awarded research 
relates to a mission or organizational component of the EPA, or 
significantly affects a relevant area of science/technology.
     Honorable Mention awards acknowledge research efforts that 
are noteworthy but do not warrant a Level I, II or III award. Honorable 
Mention applies to research that: (1) May not quite reach the level 
described for a Level III award; (2) show a promising area of research 
that the STAA Panel wants to encourage; or (3) show an area of research 
that the STAA Panel feels is too preliminary to warrant an award 
recommendation at this time.
    The SAB reviews the STAA nomination packages according to the 
following five evaluation factors:
     The extent to which the work reported in the nominated 
publication(s) resulted in either new or significantly revised 
knowledge. The accomplishment is expected to represent an important 
advancement of scientific knowledge or technology relevant to 
environmental issues and EPA's mission.
     The extent to which environmental protection has been 
strengthened or improved, whether of local, national, or international 
importance.
     The degree to which the research is a product of the 
originality, creativeness, initiative, and problem-solving ability of 
the researchers, as well as the level of effort required to produce the 
results.
     The extent of the beneficial impact of the research and 
the degree to which the research has been favorably recognized from 
outside EPA.
     The nature and extent of peer review, including stature 
and quality of the peer-reviewed journal or the publisher of a book for 
a review chapter published therein.
    I have determined that the meetings of the STAA Panel and Chartered 
SAB will be closed to the public because they are concerned with 
selecting employees deserving of awards. In making these 
recommendations, the Agency requires full and frank advice from the 
SAB. This advice will involve professional judgments on the relative 
merits of various employees and their respective work. Such personnel 
matters involve the discussion of information that is of a personal 
nature and the disclosure of which would be a clearly unwarranted 
invasion of personal privacy and, therefore, are protected from 
disclosure by section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, and sections (c)(2) and (c)(6) of the 
Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6). Minutes of 
the meetings of the STAA Panel and the Chartered SAB will be kept and 
certified by the chair of those meetings.

Michael S. Regan,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2022-02706 Filed 2-8-22; 8:45 am]
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